Agassi’s Errors Costly in Loss to Schuettler

Andre Agassi was upset by Rainer Schuettler, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, Friday in the Canada Masters at Montreal in a rematch of the Australian Open final.

The top-seeded Agassi made a series of mistakes from the baseline in the quarterfinal at the hard-court tuneup for the U.S. Open.

The eighth-seeded Schuettler -- who lost to Agassi in straight sets at the year’s first Grand Slam tournament -- will play David Nalbandian, who defeated Feliciano Lopez, 6-4, 6-4.

Sixth-seeded Andy Roddick and second-seeded Roger Federer set up a Wimbledon rematch by winning their quarterfinal matches in straight sets.

Roddick reached the semifinals by beating Karol Kucera, 7-6 (5), 6-3, and Federer celebrated his 22nd birthday with a 6-2, 7-6 (3) victory over Max Mirnyi.

Federer beat Roddick in the Wimbledon semifinals and leads their career series, 4-0.

Track and Field

World record-holder Tim Montgomery failed to reach the finals of the 100 meters at the Crystal Palace meet in London.

It was the second consecutive disappointing performance by Montgomery, who was sixth in a race in Stockholm earlier in the week. He was sixth in his heat with a time of 10.13, nowhere near his world record of 9.78.

Dwain Chambers of Britain won the final, a race that saw the start delayed for 15 minutes by technical problems and was eventually switched to manual timing, meaning the first six were all given 10.00 seconds as a finish time.

In other events, American Kelli White matched her personal best in winning the women’s 100 meters in 10.93. White, the U.S champion, beat fellow American Chryste Gaines, who finished second in 10.99.

Jamaica’s Kemel Thompson won the 400 hurdles in 48.05, the second-fastest time this year.

Yulia Pechenkina of Russia set a world record in the women’s 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.34 seconds, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. Pechenkina broke the record of 52.61 set by Kim Batten of the United States in 1995.

Motor Racing

Jeff Gordon won the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Winston Cup Series Sirius at the Glen with a record-breaking run at Watkins Glen International.

The four-time Winston Cup champion went around the 2.45-mile serpentine track in his Chevrolet at 124.580 mph.

In all, 18 of 47 cars surpassed the record of 122.698 set by Dale Jarrett in 2001. Greg Biffle, in a Ford, qualified second with a run of 124.497. Third was Biffle’s teammate, Mark Martin, at 124.464.

Rookie Carl Edwards won his second consecutive NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, the Federated Auto Parts 200 at Nashville Superspeedway.

Paul Tracy turned a fast early lap to win the provisional pole for the Championship Auto Racing Teams Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio in Lexington.

Regardless of what happens in qualifying today, Tracy, who picked up a point in the standings, will start on the front row of Sunday’s race.

Tracy’s fast lap of 120.957 mph in a Ford-Cosworth/Lola came on his fifth of 13 qualifying laps. Alex Tagliani, also in a Ford-Cosworth/Lola, was second at 120.468 mph.

Pro Basketball

Guard Gilbert Arenas officially joined the Washington Wizards after the deadline passed for the Golden State Warriors to match his $65-million offer sheet.

Forward John Wallace and center Loren Woods signed with the Miami Heat.

Wallace spent last season in the Greek A1 League for Team Panionious. Woods averaged 1.9 points and 2.2 rebounds in 98 games with Minnesota.

Miscellany

Rowers in a pre-Olympic test event resumed racing on a shortened course in Schinias, Greece, as winds topping 34 mph caused choppy waters.

The 1.2-mile course was cut in half a day after heats were called off at the World Junior Rowing Championships because of gale-force gusts.

The disruption in the four-day competition intensified criticism about the decision to build the 2004 Olympic rowing center in Schinias, a coastal site about 18 miles from Athens.

Juan Carlos Rubio of Mexico won a unanimous 10-round decision over countryman Jose Luis Cruz in a welterweight bout at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena.